ES 104 Lab Activity Quiz 2 Class (circle) Mon Tues Wed Name: ______KEY___________ 1. What general pattern do you notice about the relative sizes and location of the planets? SMALL PLANETS NEAR SUN, LARGE PLANETS FURTHER AWAY 2. Which two planets account for 90% of the total mass of all the planets? JUPITER AND SATURN 3. What is the deduced composition of Jupiter, if you only knew its density? WATER ICE PLUS SOME ROCK, CONSIDERING ITS DENSITY IS BETWEEN THE DENSITIES OF THOSE SUBSTANCES 4. What category did you use for Table B, on page 2.9? ALL TABLES SHOWN BELOW, WITH GENERAL STATEMENTS Reproduce your Table B here 5. Write a general statement about the categories of the planets in this table (below) MASS, RADIUS, ORBITAL PERIOD, SURFACE TEMP, ORBITAL DISTANCE ROTATIONAL PERIOD (A DAY) SURFACE PRESSURE LOW HIGH CLOSE FAR SHORT LONG LOW MODERATE HIGH MERCURY JUPITER MERCURY SATURN EARTH MERCURY MERCURY EARTH JUPITERVENUS SATURN VENUS URANUS MARS VENUS MARS VENUS SATURNEARTH URANUS EARTH NEPTUNE JUPITER URANUSMARS NEPTUNE MARS SATURN NEPTUNE JUPITER URANUS NEPTUNE MANY PROPERTIES ARE SIMILAR FOR PLANETS CLOSE TO SUN, AND SIMILAR FOR PLANETS FAR FROM SUN: INCLUDING MASS, RADIUS ORBI TAL PERIOD (A YEAR ON THE PLANET), ANS SURFACE TEMPERATURE. ORBITAL DISTANCE GENERALLY FOLLOWS THIS TREND, BUT JUPITER IS MUCH CLOSER THAN THE OTHER OUTER PLANETS. SURFACE PRESSURE IS QUITE HIGH FOR THE OUTER PLANETS, BUT THE INNER PLANETS SEEM TO HAVE TWO DISTINCT PRESSURE CATEGORIES, NOT RELATED TO THEIR DISTANCE FROM SUN. ROTATIONAL PERIOD DOES NOT FOLLOW LOCATION TRENDS, BUT THE LARGER GAS GIANTS DO ROTATE FASTER THAN THE SMALLER GAS GIANTS. 6. On the back of this sheet, reproduce YOUR graph of planetary data from page 2.10 of the lab. THE FIVE THAT WERE DESIGNATED ARE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES Density vs. Orbital Distance01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000Distance in millions of kmDensity in g/ccSurface temperature vs. orbital distance01002003004005006007008000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000orbital distance in millions of kmsurface temperature in KOrbital Period vs. distance01000020000300004000050000600007000080000900001000000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000distance in millions of kmorbital period in Earth-daysRotational Period010002000300040005000600070000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000Orbital distance in Millions of kmrotational period in Earth-hoursMass vs. Oribital Distance02004006008001000120014001600180020000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000Orbital Distance in millions of kmMass in 10^24
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